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Creating a new page in WordPress from the admin menu

August 18, 2018August 17, 2018 by Matthew Brown

There are a few different ways to add a new page in WordPress. In this tutorial, we are going to add a new page using the admin menu and the default Gutenberg editor. We will just be covering the basics of how to add a page in this article and will not be going into … Read more

Periodic Website Maintenance: What we do

May 21, 2018May 21, 2018 by Matthew Brown

Website maintenance. It’s a service that often gets overlooked because, to be honest, the cost is usually more visible than the benefits. The thing is though, having someone to coordinate all of your digital assets and work with you on your website and digital marketing can make a massive difference to your web presence. What … Read more

GDPR impacts all Australian business websites, so use it to your advantage

May 4, 2018May 3, 2018 by Matthew Brown

You may have noticed lots of emails about new terms of service, new privacy policies and other changes that are coming into effect on May 25 inline with the European Union’s new General Data Protection Regulation (or GDPR). We’ve had lots of time to get ready for it, but the fact is, most of us outside of the EU don’t realise it even applies. With hefty fines starting at 20 million Euros and going up to 4% of annual global turnover if that is a higher figure, it’s important to make sure your business is ready.

Best practices to prevent malware on WordPress websites

July 1, 2020March 9, 2018 by Matthew Brown

Over the last couple of months, I’ve seen an increase in the instances of malware on WordPress websites. Why? Most likely because WordPress is the most widely used content management system on the internet, powering around 29% of websites on the internet. Many of these websites are not kept up to date and are not … Read more

5 reasons why you need content

January 25, 2018January 22, 2018 by Matthew Brown

Content, content, content. If you’ve done much reading in the digital marketing space, I’m sure you’ll have seen content mentioned over and over again. Even to the point of saying that content is king. Today, I want to tell you that this is true, but not entirely for the reasons you might have heard. Content … Read more

How to get to know your customers and create their profiles

February 21, 2018January 5, 2018 by Matthew Brown

It’s a new year, so, if you don’t already have a clear picture of who your customer is, there is no better time than now to come up with their profiles. If you aren’t sure what the value is in doing this exercise, think about it like this: Marketing is becoming unbelievably personal, with personalisation … Read more

How to do small business low-budget branding

February 21, 2018December 11, 2017 by Matthew Brown

When we think about branding, we often confuse the idea with spending a lot of money on marketing and promotion. It’s easy to see how it could involve a lot of money when we look at the lengthy process large corporations go through to make their brand the go-to for a particular product or service. When you … Read more

The Power Of Blogs on Your Home Page

November 29, 2017April 30, 2014 by Matthew Brown

Skate-Parts.Com has been maintaining a blog for some time now. While this is a powerful tool in its own right, the latest posts were not being displayed on the front page. Placing the latest blog posts, either just the titles or the summaries, on the home page and if possible on other pages such as in the sidebar … Read more

Optimise your WordPress website with WP Super Cache

November 28, 2017November 19, 2013 by Matthew Brown

WP Super Cache is a powerful caching tool for WordPress that can offer significant performance improvements. For a brief overview of what WP Super Cache is, what it does, and why it is beneficial for your WordPress website, check out my earlier article here. 4 Steps to Performance Gains Click on any of the images below to … Read more